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UP Police intensifies search to nab slain gangster Atiq Ahmed's wife Shaista Parveen

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police has launched a large-scale search operation to locate Shaista Parveen, the wife of the deceased gangster Atiq Ahmed.

'No mafia can threaten industrialists': Yogi Adityanath after Atiq Ahmed's murder

Lucknow/IBNS: Days after the shocking murders of gangster Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf that prompted a wave of criticism over Uttar Pradesh's law and order situation, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Tuesday said no mafia or criminal can threaten industrialists in his state.

Chhattisgarh: Maoist attack at Congress MLA Vikram Mandavi's convoy; no casualties

New Delhi: Maoists on Tuesday attacked the convoy of a Congress MLA Vikram Mandavi in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur while he was returning from a public meeting, media reports said.

Man walks in with old Apple Mackintosh computer at Mumbai store launch, leaves CEO Tim Cook surprised

Mumbai/IBNS: Amid the grand opening of the first Apple store in India's financial capital Mumbai, company's CEO Tim Cook was left surprised as a man walked in with a 1984 Mackintosh Classic computer.

'Today, It's Bilkis, Tomorrow...': SC questions rapists rlease

New Delhi: The Centre and Gujarat government is likely to oppose a Supreme Court order requesting records related to the release of convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case.  The government has stated that it does not want to provide documents linked to the release of 11 convicts in the case, citing "privilege," NDTV reported.

'No mafia can ever...': UP CM Yogi Adityanth's big claim after brazen murders of Atiq Ahmed

Days after the brazen murders of gangster politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf Ahmed, UP CM Yogi Adityanath said Tuesday no mafia can threaten an industrialist over the phone anymore, media reports said.

BL Santhosh engineered my exit from BJP: Jadish Shettar

Bengaluru: Jagadish Shettar, the former Chief Minister of Karnataka who joined Congress before the Assembly polls, has claimed that his exit from the BJP was engineered by the party's general secretary BL Santhosh.

Atiq Ahmed's letter to UP CM Adityanath, CJI Chandrachud sent, reveals his lawyer: Report

Lucknow: In the latest development in the Atiq Ahmed murder case, his lawyer has revealed that the gangster-politician had written a letter to UP CM Yogi Adityanath and CJI DY Chandrachud to be given to them if he was assassinated, media reports said.

Karnataka: Denied ticket, BJP MLA Ramdas refuses to meet party colleagues

Mysuru/UNI: Denied ticket, sitting BJP MLA SA Ramdas from Krishnaraja constituency, refused to meet MP Pratap Simha and TS Srivatsa, the party candidate for May 10 Karnataka assembly election in the state.

Karnataka polls: Congress leader DK Shivakumar's family has assets worth Rs 1,414 cr

Kanakapura/UNI: Total assets of Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar's family is worth Rs 1,414 crore.

Mukul Roy in Delhi, triggers fresh political speculation

Kolkata/New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mukul Roy landed in Delhi hours after he was claimed to be "untraceable" by his son Subhrangshu Roy, media reports said.

History could be former Karnataka CM Jagadish Shettar's nemesis

Bengaluru/UNI: Is history repeating itself? This is the moot question dogging the people of Karnataka when BJP heavyweight Jagadish Shettar said goodbye to the saffron party, and joined the Congress after he was denied a ticket to contest from Hubballi-Dharwad Central constituency, which he kept it for himself since 1994.

Two killed, several trapped in rice mill building collapse in Karnal

Chandigarh/UNI: At least two workers were killed, and several others were injured as well as feared trapped when a three-Storey Shiv Shakti rice mills building collapsed early on Tuesday morning in Taraori town of Karnal district in Haryana, police sources said.

'For us friendship is family': Uddhav Thackeray meets Congress's KC Venugopal over opposition unity

Mumbai/IBNS: Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal met Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai on Monday, where they discussed opposition unity ahead of the national election in 2024.

Tim Cook is in Mumbai and Madhuri Dixit introduces him to vada pav. His verdict 'delicious'

Mumbai/IBNS: Apple CEO Tim Cook is in Mumbai for the big store launch on Tuesday and not only did he get a warm welcome but was treated with vada pav by none other than actress Madhuri Dixit.

Delhi Lt Guv VK Saxena threatens Arvind Kejriwal with legal action over AAP leaders' power subsidy claims

New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has written a strongly worded letter threatening legal action against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ministers over accusations that he tried to stop the Delhi government's electricity subsidy for the poor.

'Not against anyone': Sachin Pilot skips party meet for solo outreach campaign

Jaipur/IBNS: Rajasthan Congress leader Sachin Pilot, locked in a power tussle with Chief Minister and party colleague Ashok Gehlot, Monday held a public outreach program on the outskirts of Jaipur even as the Congress gears up with the preparation for the upcoming Assembly elections.

UP: 20-year-old student shot dead in Jalaun district

Jalaun (UP)/IBNS/UNI: An undergraduate student was shot dead as she was returning home after appearing in an examination in the Ait area of Jalaun district here in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, police sources said.

Mamata Banerjee demands Amit Shah's resignation over 'TMC govt will fall in 2025' remark

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday demanded the resignation of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in response to the latter's claim that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government will fall in 2025 if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gets 35 Lok Sabha seats next year.

'Grave state of affairs': Abhishek Banerjee after CBI summons in Bengal jobs scam

Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has called the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) summons to him in connection with the West Bengal teacher recruitment scam a "grave state of affairs".

"Maitri Setu" in Sabroom visited by Indian and Bangladeshi delegates; bridge connection to be operational by June

Sabroom/Tripura: The Friendship Bridge connecting India and Bangladesh, also known as "Maitri Setu," situated in the southern district of Tripura, is likely to become operational by June of next year, suggested Aditya Mishra, the Chairman of the Land Port Authority of India (LPAI) during his visit to Sabroom on Thursday.

Tripura Government optimistic for air connectivity with Bangladesh

Agartala/IBNS: The government of Tripura is optimistic that air transportation between the state and Bangladesh will commence in the near future.

CBI summons Abhishek Banerjee in Bengal jobs scam, TMP MP says 'grave state of affairs'

Kolkata/IBNS: Despite a stay from the Supreme Court, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in the West Bengal teacher recruitment scam, media reports said.

Tripura Government optimistic for air connectivity with Bangladesh

Agartala/IBNS: The government of Tripura is optimistic that air transportation between the state and Bangladesh will commence in the near future.

Tripura Government optimistic for air connectivity with Bangladesh

Agartala/IBNS: The government of Tripura is optimistic that air transportation between the state and Bangladesh will commence in the near future.

BREAKING: CBI summons Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in cattle-smuggling case

West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress MP and party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has been summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) tomorrow for questioning in the cattle smuggling case, said media reports on Monday. 

Centre opposes gay marriages in SC, says it do not fit in 'exclusively heterogenous institution'

New Delhi/IBNS: The central government on Monday reiterated its opposition to the gay marriages saying weddings are "exclusively heterogenous institution", media reports said.

BJP heavyweight and ex-CM Jagadish Shettar joins Congress in Karnataka

Bengaluru, UNI/IBNS: Former Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar, who quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday for being denied party ticket in the 2023 state polls, formally joined the Congress party here on Monday.

Maha govt announces Rs 5 lakh for each family of 11 heat stroke victims at Kharghar award event

Mumbai, UNI/IBNS: Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde has declared that the state government has given assistance of Rs.5 lakh each to the families of the deceased due to heatstroke during the Maharashtra Bhushan Award Ceremony at Kharghar.

Atiq Ahmed and brother Ashraf buried in ancestral cemetery with high security

Prayagraj/IBNS: Gangster turned politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf, who were killed on Saturday in a caught on live firing by three gunmen while they were being escorted by police for a medical check-up, were laid to rest in their ancestral Kasari-Masari cemetery in the Chakia region of Prayagraj.